January 21, 2010

Thursday Billboard Update - 1/21/10

Vampire Weekend's Contra
Vampire Weekend's Contra pushes 124,000 first week and takes over for Ke$ha's Animal atop the Billboard 200. That's pretty much the extent of the major movement here.

There's some activity in the top 10 this week! First off, Young Money's Bedrock moves up four spots 8-4 for a new high. Some group that goes by Train has their song Hey, Soul Sister soar 16 spots 23-7 and firmly into the top 10. And then bringing up the rear is Ludacris' How Low which finally breaks through at #10.

The Billboard 200 1-10
first week debuts in bold

1. Vampire Weekend - Contra (1)
2. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream (1-2)
3. Ke$ha - Animal (1-3)
4. Lady Gaga - The Fame (3-4)
5. Alicia Keys - Element Of Freedom (4-5)
6. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster EP (10-6)
7. Mary J. Blige - Stronger With Each Tear (5-7)
8. Taylor Swift - Fearless (7-8)
9. Various Artists - Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel sdtk (6-9)
10. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (8-10)
  • Omarion's new album Ollusion goes nowhere as it debuts at #19 with 19,000 sold.
The Billboard Hot 100 1-10
first time top 10's in bold

1. Ke$ha - TiK ToK (1-1)
2. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (2-2)
3. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (3-3)
4. Young Money - Bedrock (8-4)
5. Iyaz - Replay (4-5)
6. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (6-6)
7. Train - Hey, Soul Sister (23-7)
8. Rihanna - Hard (9-8)
9. Owl City - Fireflies (5-9)
10. Ludacris - How Low (14-10)
  • The Black Eyed Peas' Imma Be going jumps another 19 spots 34-15.
  • Trey Songz's Say Aah breaks the top 20 by jumping 9 spaces 28-19.
  • Lady Gaga's Telephone with Beyonce moves up 11 spots 31-20.
  • Pitbull's Shut It Down featuring Akon flies 14 spots north 67-53.
  • Sade's Soldier Of Love finally breaks through and debuts at #58. The album, which goes by the same title, drops February 9th.
  • The most popular track to freestyle over in 2010, Snoop Dogg's I Wanna Rock, jumps 13 spaces 77-64.
  • Jay-Z's On To The Next One debuts this week at #78, watch out for this track, it could do some damage.
  • After debuting at #94 last week, Timbaland's Say Something with Drake moves up 12 spots to #82.